Family Matters
(2026)(The sixth book in the Hannah Tree: Private Detective series)
A novel by Deirdre Oliver
Secrets. Changes. Murderers. Business as usual for Hannah Tree.
Back home from Guatemala, Hannah has her own secret. At six months pregnant, she's already pushing it when she agrees to help an elderly woman accused of murdering her sister in a nursing home. She’s pushed further when she discovers her brother is in a coma.
What looks like a domestic crime unravels into something far darker when witnesses begin to die. Clues point toward encrypted files and vanished children, seemingly linked by a single enigmatic word.
While Hannah works to link a slew of clues, the death toll rises and she becomes aware she is being hunted by a powerful and deadly enemy. She is torn between her ambivalence towards her pregnancy, her brother’s welfare, her toxic family‘s interference, and the need for truth. Finally, Hannah must decide what she is prepared to risk to solve this case.
Genre: Mystery
Back home from Guatemala, Hannah has her own secret. At six months pregnant, she's already pushing it when she agrees to help an elderly woman accused of murdering her sister in a nursing home. She’s pushed further when she discovers her brother is in a coma.
What looks like a domestic crime unravels into something far darker when witnesses begin to die. Clues point toward encrypted files and vanished children, seemingly linked by a single enigmatic word.
While Hannah works to link a slew of clues, the death toll rises and she becomes aware she is being hunted by a powerful and deadly enemy. She is torn between her ambivalence towards her pregnancy, her brother’s welfare, her toxic family‘s interference, and the need for truth. Finally, Hannah must decide what she is prepared to risk to solve this case.
Genre: Mystery
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